Taxi driver at the centre of Harry and Meghan car chase says the paparazzi ‘just went crazy’

The taxi driver at the centre of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s alleged chase has spoken about the moment paparazzi surrounded his cab.

The taxi driver who picked up Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle as they tried to evade the paparazzi chasing them in New York has revealed how photographers “came out of nowhere” and “just went crazy with the camera”.

Sunny Singh, speaking to broadcaster Piers Morgan, picked up the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland and a security guard outside a Manhattan police station about 11pm on Tuesday local time.

They had previously spent about an hour attempting to dodge the paparazzi and make it to a friend’s house where they were staying on the Upper East Side.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle followed by paparazzi after leaving the Vision of Women Awards in New York City. Picture: Fox/Piers Morgan

After they decided to shelter at the NYPD’s 19th precinct, Mr Singh said the security guard hailed his taxi.

“Prince Harry and his wife and another lady jumped into my cab. And they seemed very nervous,” he said.

“We went a block, we were blocked by a trash truck and then all of a sudden paparazzi just came out of nowhere and flashes just went off.”

He said there were at least six photographers including two in cars following his taxi.

The cab driver, Sunny Singh. Picture: Piers Morgan/Fox

In a video published by gossip website TMZ, the security guard climbed out of the taxi as it was stuck in traffic and told the photographers to “back up for a sec”.

“Guys, I need some space please,” he said.

“Guys, give us some space, give us some space.”

Prince Harry, Doria Ragland and Meghan Markle had spent the evening at the Woman Of Vision Awards prior to the alleged car chase. Picture: Raymond Hall/GC Images

Mr Singh then drove off with a police escort. He said the Sussexes had not told them where they were going before the photographers surrounded the vehicle.

“They were just about to say the location where they were going to go but then the paparazzis came and the security guard said, ‘Hey listen – just circle back to the precinct’,” Mr Singh told Sky News Australia’s Piers Morgan Uncensored.

“I’ve had other celebrities in my cab as well but this one, they completely surrounded the car and just went crazy with the camera.”

He said he could see from “the look on their faces” that his passengers were nervous.

But they paid him a $US50 tip on top of the $US17 fare and told him to “have a good night” before climbing back into their SUV.

Asked whether it was a two-hour car chase, as Harry’s spokesman said in a statement, Mr Singh said: “That must have happened before me.”

“Not when they got into my cab, we just went around the block and two cars were tailing us, behind us, with the camera and that was it,” he said.

“I don’t know what they went through last night, right, because I only had interaction with them for 15 minutes and they seemed very nervous when they were in my cab.”